OckieMoto's gripe with Android (Android push functionality)

ocleroux said:
How is that possible though. Android is the same accross the board is it not? Apart from a few cosmetic changes from manufacturers and some additional software that might be installed from them?
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There can actually be a fair amount of difference. That being said, I'd be surprised if push functionality is one of them, because thats fairly high level.

The things that can differ between different builds of android are:
Device dependent software - ie drivers for the radio interfaces, touchscreen, keyboard and camera
The kernel - also hardware dependent I think. The kernel, mostly based off the linux kernel, is the heart of the operating system.
The user interface - launcher, homescreens etc
The installed applications - like LG Mail instead of regular Google Mail.

Anyway, as I said, I dont think any of that should affect push functionality, except maybe the radio hardware but I'd be surprised if there was a problem there. try googling to see if other people with the same phone as you have problems with push functionality.
 
I find that emails in gmail arrive almost instantly but the mails that gmail fetches from my other email account can take up to 40 min.
 
I have a bb and a desire and the desire actually receives mail quicker than the bb... And facebook notifications too. Usually I'm done reading the facebook thing or email and it comes through on the bb...
 
My Galaxy S seems to receive Whatsapp messages and emails as they're sent.

BeVonk! said:
There are things - the really important day-to-day work things - that BlackBerry just do better than any other product. Fact. It's the A10 Hog of phones. It's ugly, it's old, but it's the best for what it was designed for (no matter how many times we hear it should be mothball'd).
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This is the truth though. My sister has the 9300 curve, and if she had to try operate my phone there would be a lot of swearing. Blackberry is pretty shoddy when it comes to what I want in a phone, but they're so simple to operate.
 
Shayd said:
I keep wondering if the firmware update you installed isn't a teeny weeny bit corrupt... on the other hand my fiance sometimes has problems getting messages at the school she teaches at in Craighall. It's a wealthy area and the 3G reception is freaking horrendous. It keeps flip flopping between a crappy 3G signal and an "ok" GPRS connection, so sometimes the messages take 10-15min to be delivered.

That might be a possibility?
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Nope...Have full 3G signal.
 
Try turning 3g off and sending or having someone send you a mail/whatsapp message - I've had some problems where my phone says it has good signal, but the 3g just mucks it up while edge/gprs works fine.

This only happens occasionally and I usually turn 3g back on later until I don't receive some scheduled email

Sent from my Nexus One using MyBroadband Android App
 
Just wanted to drop in on this thread to say that my Android push functionality works perfectly.

The other day I was hanging out with a friend and he made a comment on one of my posts on Google+, and instantly the G+ app my phone chimed to let me know about it. And I mean instantly: it felt like not even two seconds went by between him hitting the enter key and the notification appearing on my phone. Seriously impressive.

The same thing happens when I install an application from the web interface of the Android Market. I hit "install" and it starts downloading, usually with no more than a few seconds delay.

As for Gmail and WhatsApp, I'm usually not standing right next to the person who sends the message, so it's a bit harder to measure the delay. When I've tested Gmail by sending emails to myself, it usually goes through right away. As for WhatsApp, it seems to work near-instantaneously about 98% of the time. Sometimes I send a message and only get one tick instead of two, but that's usually because the recipient has temporarily disabled data for whatever reason. And there have been a few occasions when service has stopped working entirely for a few hours, and then all my messages arrive later in one big flood. But I'm assuming this is a problem with WhatsApp's servers, not the Android push notification system.

Sorry Ockie, I realise this doesn't help you much. But in my experience, the Android push notification system generally works flawlessly so long as you have a reliable data connection. Maybe there's a problem with your particular handset? Have you considered taking it in?
 
hawker said:
Both those people have Motorola Defy?
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Indeed.

I have emailed Motorola Support now and posted a discussion on their forums here:

https://supportforums.motorola.com/community/motoblur-android/defy?view=discussions&start=0

Pray god they can help me or have a solution (appart from enabling corp sync) cause even though my life does not depend on instant email delivery...it is fcking irritating knowing that your phone is supposed to do somehting and it does not DO IT! URG! Dit gee my sommer 'n pyn in my hol!
 
ocleroux said:
Indeed.

I have emailed Motorola Support now and posted a discussion on their forums here:

https://supportforums.motorola.com/community/motoblur-android/defy?view=discussions&start=0

Pray god they can help me or have a solution (appart from enabling corp sync) cause even though my life does not depend on instant email delivery...it is fcking irritating knowing that your phone is supposed to do somehting and it does not DO IT! URG! Dit gee my sommer 'n pyn in my hol!
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Maybe you should upgrade to one of those Taiwanese turds? :twisted:
 
Speedster said:
Maybe you should upgrade to one of those Taiwanese turds? :twisted:
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BUT I LOVE MOTOROLA! I am sure this is somehow a gmail push issue still! :-( I cant see how Motorla could have changed the firmware so drasticaly as to break push mail.

Who here is gonna lend me their Taiwanese turd so I can test my gmail in it? hehe
 
ocleroux said:
BUT I LOVE MOTOROLA! I am sure this is somehow a gmail push issue still! :-( I cant see how Motorla could have changed the firmware so drasticaly as to break push mail.
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Don't blame Android if your moto is the problem ;)
 
ocleroux said:
BUT I LOVE MOTOROLA! I am sure this is somehow a gmail push issue still! :-( I cant see how Motorla could have changed the firmware so drasticaly as to break push mail.

Who here is gonna lend me their Taiwanese turd so I can test my gmail in it? hehe
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I'd be glad to help if I could get my hands on one... Still waiting for stock to arrive.
 
ocleroux said:
BUT I LOVE MOTOROLA! I am sure this is somehow a gmail push issue still! :-( I cant see how Motorla could have changed the firmware so drasticaly as to break push mail.

Who here is gonna lend me their Taiwanese turd so I can test my gmail in it? hehe
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Send me your gmail account details and I'll add it on my turd :p
 
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